| Dates | 26 March – 5 April 2023 |
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| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format | Round-robin |
| Host |  Namibia |
| Champions |  United States |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 15 |
| Player of the series | Gerhard Erasmus |
| Most runs |  Asif Khan (296) |
| Most wickets | Ali Khan (16) |
The2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off was the inaugural edition of the Cricket World Cup Qualifier Play-off, acricket tournament which formed part of the2023 Cricket World Cup qualification process.[1][2] It took place in March and April 2023,[3] with all matches havingOne Day International (ODI) status, regardless of whether or not a team had ODI status prior to the start of the event.[4] As a result,Jersey played their first ever matches with ODI status.[5]
Six teams qualified for the tournament: the bottom four teams from the2019–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 along with the top teams in Groups A and B of the2019–2022 ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League.[6] The top two teams from this tournament progressed to the2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier for a chance to participate in the2023 Cricket World Cup. The other teams had no remaining means of qualifying.[7]
In an event within the event, the bottom two League 2 teams (Papua New Guinea and the United Arab Emirates), and each of the Challenge League winners (Canada and Jersey), competed for two places in League 2 and therefore ODI status for the next cycle.[5] As a result, Canada was promoted toLeague 2 and Papua New Guinea was relegated toThe Challenge League.
TheInternational Cricket Council announced the schedule for the tournament on 20 March 2023.[8]
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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| League 2 (bottom 4) | August 2019 – March 2023 | Various | 4 | Namibia Papua New Guinea United Arab Emirates United States |
| Challenge League (top of each group) | September 2019 – December 2022 | Various | 2 |  Canada Jersey |
| Total | 6 |
The following squads were named for the tournament.[9]
| Canada[10][11] | Jersey[12] | Namibia[13] | Papua New Guinea | United Arab Emirates[14] | United States[15] |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | United States | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.810 | Advanced to the2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier and2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.458 | |
| 3 | Namibia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.601 | Advanced to the2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2 |
| 4 | Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0.123 | |
| 5 | Jersey | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −0.840 | Relegated to the2024–2026 Cricket World Cup Challenge League |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −1.148 |
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United States won by 80 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground,Windhoek Umpires:David Odhiambo (Ken) andChristopher Phiri (Zim) Player of the match:Gajanand Singh (USA) |
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United Arab Emirates won by 21 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground,Windhoek Umpires:Andrew Louw (Nam) andPatric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match:Aayan Afzal Khan (UAE) |
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Canada won by 31 runs United Ground,Windhoek Umpires:David Odhiambo (Ken) andIsaac Oyieko (Ken) Player of the match:Nikhil Dutta (Can) |
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Canada won by 26 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground,Windhoek Umpires:David Odhiambo (Ken) andClaus Schumacher (Nam) Player of the match:Harsh Thaker (Can) |
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Namibia won by 48 runs United Ground,Windhoek Umpires:Patric Makumbi (Uga) andIsaac Oyieko (Ken) Player of the match:Gerhard Erasmus (Nam) |
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Namibia won by 8 wickets Wanderers Cricket Ground,Windhoek Umpires:Patric Makumbi (Uga) andIsaac Oyieko (Ken) Player of the match:Michael van Lingen (Nam) |
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United States won by 5 wickets United Ground,Windhoek Umpires:Andrew Louw (Nam) andClaus Schumacher (Nam) Player of the match:Saiteja Mukkamalla (USA) |
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United Arab Emirates won by 6 wickets Wanderers Cricket Ground,Windhoek Umpires:David Odhiambo (Ken) andChristopher Phiri (Zim) Player of the match:Muhammad Waseem (UAE) |
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Jersey won by 11 runs United Ground,Windhoek Umpires:Andrew Louw (Nam) andPatric Makumbi (Uga) Player of the match:Josh Lawrenson (Jer) |
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United States won by 117 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground,Windhoek Umpires:Patric Makumbi (Uga) andClaus Schumacher (Nam) Player of the match:Steven Taylor (USA) |
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United Arab Emirates won by 28 runs United Ground,Windhoek Umpires:David Odhiambo (Ken) andChristopher Phiri (Zim) Player of the match:Asif Khan (UAE) |
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Namibia won by 111 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground,Windhoek Umpires:Isaac Oyieko (Ken) andChristopher Phiri (Zim) Player of the match:Shaun Fouché (Nam) |
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United States won by 25 runs United Ground,Windhoek Umpires:Andrew Louw (Nam) andClaus Schumacher (Nam) Player of the match:Ali Khan (USA) |
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United Arab Emirates won by 66 runs Wanderers Cricket Ground,Windhoek Umpires:Christopher Phiri (Zim) andClaus Schumacher (Nam) Player of the match:Asif Khan (UAE) |
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Canada won by 90 runs United Ground,Windhoek Umpires:Andrew Louw (Nam) andIsaac Oyieko (Ken) Player of the match:Jeremy Gordon (Can) |
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